Encyclopedia > Psychophysiology

Article Content

Psychophysiology

Science of understanding the link beteen psychology and physiology. Psychologists are interested why we may fear spiders. Physiologists may be interested in the input/output system of the amygdala.

A psychophysiologist will attempt at linking the two. He might, for example, try to explain arachnophobia in terms of impulses coming in and out of the amygdala.

All Wikipedia text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License

Search Encyclopedia

Search over one million articles, find something about almost anything!

Featured Article

East Farmingdale, New York

... density of 123.7/km² (320.3/mi²). The racial makeup of the town is 73.33% White, 14.83% African American, 0.15% Native American, 4.09% Asian, 0.09% Pacific ...